I got an older iMac G3 600 Mhz, 1GB ram, Rage 128 Ultra 16MB GPU and it runs Mac OSX Tiger ok but kinda slow. I have been researching other OSes to put on this machine that would make it snappy like Mac OS 9-- but I don't want outdated OSes like Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X Panther. I thought of the various distros of Linux that runs on the PowerPC-- Ubuntu 11.10 and its various flavors like Xubuntu or Lubuntu (might be a bit sluggish on a G3 from what i read,) Yellow Dog Linux (a pretty good distro tailored to PPC machines,) but i got to say, Mint PPC won me over because this distro is built and tweaked to run on PPC machines and it is the fastest Linux distro for PPC machines.
Mint PPC is light weight, fast and snappy and there is a dedicated community built around it! It has user forums to answer questions and to troubleshoot problems. I got my eyes on Mint PPC 11.
It seems easy enough to setup and run. Instructions are provided on the Mint PPC website incase a problem should arise.
Remember, it is free! Mac OS X Tiger's days might be numbered on the iMac G3. . . if not maybe it will dual boot between Mac OS X Tiger and Linux Mint PPC.
There is a whole new world out there in the open source community and Linux! There are tons of free software for Linux-- productivity apps, creativity apps, education apps, games-- you name it!
Linux Mint PPC is definitely gonna breathe new life into this iMac G3! I've watched a few videos on Mint PPC running on a G3 on youtube and i read reviews of Linux Mint PPC and they are all positive reviews.
If anyone is interested, the url to Linux Mint PPC:
http://www.mintppc.org/
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
An alternative OS for older PowerPC Macs- MintPPC
Posted on 23:37 by Unknown
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